A quick release attachment assembly and system to releasably join a utensil to a stand mixer drivetrain. The system includes an assembly comprising one or more retaining balls to axially fix an attachment insert in the assembly and a plurality of cooperating walls to fix the attachment insert against rotational displacement.

Proposed are an automated microreactor for effective optimization of a high-speed chemical reaction, and a method of optimizing a high-speed chemical reaction using the same. The automated microreactor includes a raw material supply unit including a plurality of flow rate controllers that supply a plurality of raw materials and control flow rates of the plurality of raw materials, an intermediate reaction unit including a plurality of micromixers for intermediate that generate a first mixture and a plurality of tubular reactors for intermediate that generate an intermediate product, an intermediate reaction control unit including a valve member, and a product reaction unit including a product micromixer that produces a second mixture and producing a product, through which optimal synthesis conditions (optimal temperature, flow rate, reaction volume and organolithium reagent type) can be achieved to obtain the highest yield in a short time.

A processing vessel (1) provided with a material inlet (2, 3, 4, 5) and a processed material outlet (25) wherein the material flows continuously through the vessel which is split into a series of zones (6, 7, 8) through which the material passes wherein the zones are shielded from each other by controlling the rate at which the material flows and an increasing level of vacuum is applied inconsecutive zones and the system is provided with acoustic energy which imparts energy to the process material by virtue of the contact between the zone dividers and the process material and processing material in such a vessel.

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for treating wastewater, the method comprising the steps of: providing a vessel for receiving wastewater and a gas, wherein the gas comprises one or more constituent gas components; directing the wastewater and a first gas component of the gas to the vessel; reducing the temperature of the contents of the vessel from a first temperature to a second temperature to facilitate the formation of clathrate hydrates comprising the wastewater and the first gas component; increasing the temperature of the contents of the vessel with respect to the second temperature to facilitate melting of the clathrate hydrates; and removing clean water and/or the first gas component from the vessel.

A UV disinfectant system may include a chamber having a wall that is transparent to a disinfecting radiation. Liquid may be flowed through the chamber for treatment by exposure to the radiation. The chamber may include a static mixer having vanes to impede laminar flow of the liquid during treatment. The vanes extend into the flow path of the liquid through the chamber. A gap is defined between the vanes and the transparent wall. A cabinet may house the chamber and radiation emitting bulbs. Blowers may be operably coupled to a temperature sensor and flow meter and positioned at a lower end and upper end of the cabinet to urge air out of the cabinet. The temperature sensor may include a thermocouple. The blowers may be variable speed blowers. The system may include a controller to control system operations. The controller may be remotely accessible to monitor or control operations.

A water processing system is provided for processing or conditioning water to be distributed to a downstream function or system. The system includes a water processor with a conditioning element disposed inside a housing between an inlet and outlet of the housing. The conditioning element includes a series of plates having apertures with sharp edges to direct the flow of water and facilitate splitting of small gas bubbles into even smaller nano-bubbles. The plates may have different configurations of apertures. Optionally, a mixer injector introduces a gas, in the form of gas bubbles, into the water flow upstream of the water processor. The injector introduces additional gas volume in the form of relatively large bubbles, which are subsequently split into smaller bubbles (including nano-bubbles) in the water processor.

A plasma-activated gas generated by a plasma-activated gas generator is mixed with a liquid in a variety of ways to generate a gas activated liquid. The gas activated liquid may be applied to various items, surfaces, and/or added to fluid volumes to affect chemical specifies and organism therein.

Disclosed is a system that uses multiple Venturi injectors in series. These Venturi injectors may inject a fluid, such as a gas or a liquid, into the liquid stream passing through the Venturi injectors. The system may include two or more Venturi injectors with an inlet port that receives an inlet liquid stream, a suction port that may passively receive a fluid, such as a gas, and an outlet port that ejects the mixture of liquid and fluid. The Venturi injectors are positioned in series along a liquid conduit, where each downstream Venturi injector is successively larger than the immediately preceding Venturi injector.

A roasting system is provided in a form factor of a countertop roasting device including a blower and a roasting assembly in fluid communication with the blower. The roasting assembly receives air from the blower with a heating element of the roasting assembly producing a heated air stream fed through the roasting assembly. An agitator in the roasting assembly agitates the food product. A food product is received in a container of the roasting assembly, with the heated air stream roasting the food product. The system includes a plurality of sensors and a controller that adjusts operating characteristics of the system based on whether a shell of the food product has cracked during roasting, as determined with the microphone. A waste product from the food product is separated during roasting and collected in a waste collection assembly with a spray bar assisting with smoke suppression.